A strange little side quest
3 In A Row has plenty of company in a long tradition of players chasing timing, patterns and better decisions. Reader Rabbit's 1986 arrival was part of a major expansion of educational computer software before the CD-ROM boom of the 1990s. It also connects to a different milestone: Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. That gives 3 In A Row a little more company than it first appears to have.